IMPRESSIONISM

IMPRESSIONISM

Paris based 19th Century Movement

(1870’s)

Derived from Monet’s “Impression, Sunrise”

ARTISTS

Auguste Renoir Edgar Degas Henry Toulous Lautrec Berthe Morisot

Edouard Manet Claude Monet

TECHNIQUE

Grays and dark tones are produced by mixing complementary colours.

Impasto; Short, thick strokes of paint

Wet paint is placed on to wet paint

Effets de soir- the shadowy effects of the light in the evening

In paintings made en plein air (outdoors)

A BAR AT THE FOLIES BERGERE

EDOUARD MANET